Early voting began Tuesday for the March 3 Republican and Democratic Primaries—with 316 casting early ballots, 272 in the GOP races, 44 for Democrats—‚and continues this week at four locations.
Early voting locations, and schedules are as follows:
Hogan-Hall Building at the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce:
Feb. 19, 21, 24-26 and 28—9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Feb 20 and 27—7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
County clerk’s office, Cameron—Feb. 19, 21, 24-26 and 28—8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 22—7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (only location with a Saturday voting date).
Feb. 20 and 27—7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thorndale VFW—Feb. 18-19, 21, 24-26 and 28—9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Feb 20 and 27—7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Buckholts Community Center—Feb. 19, 21, 24-26 and 28—9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Feb 20 and 27—7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Any registered Milam County resident may vote in any of the four locations. The new, orange, voter registration card, with an expiration date of Dec. 31, 2021, must be used.
COUNTY—Milam contested races in the GOP Primary:
Sheriff—Chris White (incumbent), Craig Wise, Herbie Vaughan.
Pct. 3 Commissioner— Art Neal, Frank Summers, Charles Truitt. (Incumbent John Fisher did not seek re-election.)
Pct. 1 Commissioner— Richard “Opey” Watkins (incumbent), Henry Hubnik, Ricky McCall.
Prosecutor—Bill Torrey (incumbent), Lonnie Gosch. Pct. 1 Constable—Pat Guffey, James Pratt. Incumbent John Anderle did not seek re-election.
NOVEMBER—There is one assured race in the November general election.
Incumbent Precinct 1 Constable Michael Moehling is unopposed in the Republican Primary and Sam Pickett is unopposed for the same position in the Democratic Primary
UNOPPOSED—Current Milam office holders unopposed for re-election in the Republican Primary, and in the November election, are:
• John Youngblood, 20th District Court Judge.
• Sherry Mueck, Milam County Tax Assessor-Collector.
• Jay Beathard, Precinct 3 Constable.
• Charlie West, Precinct 2 Constable.
CHAIRS—Bill Whitmire is unopposed for Republican County Chair and Barbara Holly is unopposed for Democratic Party Chair.
MORE—There are a lot more than Milam County races on the ballot, of course. This is a presidential election year and the two parties have a total of 24 candidates—17 Democrats and seven Republicans—on the primary ballots vying for the office now held by Republican Donald Trump.
Trump is challenged by six candidates, including former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, and Milam Republicans also have the option of voting “uncommitted.”
There are 17 Democrats hoping to be the nominee including all the perceived front-runners. The ballot includes former Vice President Joe Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, and former Mayors Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg.
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